<p><b>A multicultural philosophy of art applied to common American and European experience and discussed in relation to Taoist Buddhist Hindu Native American and African traditions</b></p><p>The Art of Living: Aesthetics of the Ordinary in World Spiritual Traditions is the first truly multi-cultural philosophy of art. It develops a new theory of what art is and discusses it in relation to Zen Buddhism Taoism and Hinduism as well as Native American African and African-American traditions.</p>